Another aspect that still needs work is how the referee on the field communicates with a video assistant. "I would not want to put any unnecessary pressure on the World Cup," Brud said. "I think if it's available at that time, if the results show that video assistant referees bring help and bring additional fairness to the decision-making process, then maybe the World Cup would be a good stage for the first major competition to use video assistant referees." He said that offline tests of video assistant referees in the Netherlands since 2013 have been positive and the association now hopes to conduct live tests next season during the Dutch Cup competition. If FIFA President Gianni Infantino gets his way, referees will be able to use video replays at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, cutting down the chances of suspect goals being awarded.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 20, 2016 06:52 UTC